Door-hanger.



No. 678,610. Patented luly I6, l90l.-

E. G. WORDEN.

D 0 0 R H A N G E R.

(Application filed Dec. 24, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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DOOR-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 678,610, dated July 16,1901.

Application filed December 24, 1900. Serial No. 40,873. (No model.)

T at whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, EDSON G.WORDEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Scranton, in the county of Lackawanna, State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDoonHangers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved form of door-hanger for slidingdoors, which may be easily taken apart and put together and which iseasily adjustable and inexpensive to construct.

In the accompanying drawings,which illustrate my invention, Figure 1 isa side elevation of my improved hanger, the supportingstrap being partlybroken away. Fig. 2 is an end view of the hanger. Fig. 3 is a plan Viewof the blank from which the support is constructed. Fig. 4: is aperspective View of the clamp for securing the strap to the support andof the adjusting-screw, collar, and latch; and Fig. 5 is a sideelevation of a part of the support.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a sheet-metal blank, Fig. 3,fromwhich the sup port adapted to be attached to the top of a door isformed. As shown, the blank is triangular in general outline, the sides1 and 2 of the blank being straight and having notches 3 cut therein,and the apex between said sides is out 01f, as shown at 14. The edge 5of the blank on either side of the central dotted line B issymmetrically notched and cut, as shown. Tongues 6 and 7 are alsopunched out from the blank, said tongues extending parallel with theinclined faces 8 and 9, respectively. In shaping the support the blankis doubled upon itself along the central dotted line B, and the sides 1and 2 are bent outwardly at right angles to the body of the blank alongthe dotted lines 0 and D, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 5, said outwardlybent or flanged portions forming a base by means of which the supportmay be attached to the door by screws inserted through the notches 3.When the blank is thus bent into shape, as the opposite sides of theedge 5 correspond in outline, a side view of the upright end of thesupport will appear, as shown in Fig. 5. As illustrated in said figure,upwardly-inclined notches 10 and 11 are formed in the end of the blank,and between said notches the blank is cutaway at a right angle, leavingan inclined guide-face 12 and a shoulder 13 above said face. Adownwardly-projecting tongue 14 is formed by the upper notch 10, and aprojection 15 is left below the notch 11.

The supporting-strap H, carried by the wheel E, which runs upon thetrack F, has its lower portion h inclined and bent upon itself to form ahook, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. A tongue 16, struck out from thevertical portion of the strap, forms a guard which proj ects under thetrack and prevents the roller from being derailed by a vertical movementof the door. The hooked end of the strap is adapted to fit around theend of the support, as shown, the bend in the strap resting against theinclined guiding-face 12, and the lower edges of the inclined portion oneither side of the support resting against the guid ing projections 6and 7. The inclined hook is held in position by a removable clamp G,which, as shown in Figs. 1 and l, consists of a metal strip, the upperportion 17 of which is bent at right angles to the lower portion 18, andthe lower end 19 is turned upwardly at right angles to the part 18. Theupper end 20 is provided with laterally and inwardly projecting flanges21. When the clamp is arranged with the ends 19 and 20 fitting into thenotches 10 and 11, respectively, as shown in Fig. 1, the flanges 21 willextend over the sides of the hook, as shown in said figure, and theportion 17 of the clamp will fit against and form a guide for the upperinclined edges of the hook. The clamp is locked in position by means ofa latch 22, which is pivoted upon the adj HSlilllg-SGIGW 23 and adaptedto swing into the recess formed between the part 18 of the clamp and theprojection 15. The setscrew 23 extends through the perforation 24 in thelatch, perforation 25 in the clamp, and into a screw-threaded opening 26in the bend of the hook. The collar 27 is secured to the adjusting-screw between the clamp and the hook.

It will be seen that when the clamp is secured within the notches by thelatch the hooked end of the strap will be held in sliding engagementwith the guiding portions of the clamp and the support and that byturning the latch out of the recess and raising the support the lattermay be disengaged from the strap. By turning the adjusting-screw whenthe parts are locked in position it will be evident that the support maybe raised or lowered, according to the direction in which the screw isturned, the guideways moving along the inclined hook. In this manner thedoor to which the support is secured may be raised or lowered. The endof the adj ustingscrew preferably rests against the shoulder 13,although this is not essential.

Instead of locking the clamp in place by means of the latch I may useother means for this purpose, such as astrong spring arranged to bearupwardly against the part 18. The support may be made of cast or wroughtmetal; but I prefer to make it from stamped sheet metal in the mannerset forth, and the lower inclined portion of the strap may be made inthe form of a complete loop instead of a hook.

It is evident that the upper end of the clamp may be secured againstlateral displacement by means other than the flanges 21; but the flangesextending over the sides of the strap are preferred for simplicity andgood mechanical construction.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States, is

1. In a door-hanger the combination with a supporting-strap having aninclined hook portion at its lower end and a supportingpiece having aninclined face forming a guidefor one inclined edge of said strap, andupwardly-inclined notches above and below said face, of a removableclamp having its opposite ends fitting into said notches, the upperportion of said clamp forming a guide for the opposite inclined edge ofthe strap, and the lower portion extending across the end of the strap,and means for adjusting said strap longitudinally between saidguideways, for the purpose set forth.

2. In a door-hanger the combination with a supporting-strap having aninclined hook portion at its lower end and a supportingpiece having aninclined face forming a guide for one inclined edge of the strap, andupwardly-inclined notches above and below said face, of a removableclamp having its opposite ends fitting into said notches, the upperportion of said clamp forming a guide for the opposite inclined edge ofthe strap, and the lower portion extending across the end of the strap,means for adjusting said strap longitudinally between said guideways,andmeans for locking the clamp in place within the notches.

3. In a door-hanger of the character described, the combination with adoor, of a etsio supporting-piece A, adapted to be secured to the topthereof and having at one of its ends the upwardly-inclined notches l0and 11 and the inclined guide-face 12 for the purpose set forth.

4. In a door-hanger the combination with a supporting-strap having aninclined hook portion at its lower end and a supportingpiece having aninclined face forming a guide for one inclined edge of said strap, andupwardly-inclined notches above and below said face, of a removableclamp having its opposite ends fitting into said notches, the upperportion of said clamp forming a guide for the opposite inclined edge ofthe strap and the lower portion extending across the end of the strap,an adj listing-screw extending through an opening in the clamp and intoa threaded opening in the lower end of the hook, and means for lockingsaid clamp in place within the notches.

5. In a door-hanger the combination with a supporting-strap having aninclined hook portion at its lower end, of a support having at one endan inclined face forming a guide for one edge of the hook andupwardly-inclined notches above and below said face, of aremovable clamphaving its opposite ends fitting into said notches, the upper portion ofsaid clamp extending parallel with the hook and forming a guidetherefor, and having later ally extending flanges adapted to extendaround the sides of the hook, the lower por tion of the clamp extendingacross the end of the hook, an adjusting-screw extending through anopening in the clamp and into a threaded opening in the lower end of thehook, and means for locking said clamp in place within the notches.

6. In a door-hanger the combination with a supporting-strap having aninclined hook at its lower end and a supporting-piece having at one endan .inclined face forming a guide for one edge of the hook andupwardly-inclined notches above and below said face, of a removableclamp having its opposite ends fitting into said notches, .the upperportion of said clamp extending parallel with the hook and forming aguide therefor and the lower portion extending across the end of thehook, an adjusting-screw extending through an opening in the clamp andinto a threaded opening in the lower end of the hook, and a latchpivoted to the clamp and adapted to fit between the lower portion of theclamp and the support to lock the clamp in position within the notches.

7. In a door-hanger the combination with a supporting-strap having aninclined hook at its lower end and a supporting-piece having at one endan inclined face forming a guide for one edge of the hook, a shoulderabove said guide, and upwardly-inclined notches above and below saidguide, of a removable clamp having its opposite ends fitting into thescrew abutting against said shoulder; and 1 means for looking said clampin position within the notches. 16

In testimony whereof I affix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

EDSON G. WORDEN. WVitnesses:

M. E. WORDEN, H. O. HALL.

